Stocking-supporter



(No Model.) V

A. J. ARTHUR & S. W. GRAY.

STOCKING SUPPORTER.

No. 369,678. Patented Sept. 13, 1 887.

- UNITED STATES PATENT UEEME.

ALEXANDER J. ARTHUR AND SILAS GRAY, OF FORT DODGE, IOWA.

STOCKING-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 369,678, datedSeptember 13, 1887.

' Application filed February 5, 1887. Serial No. 226,689. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ALEXANDER J. AR- THUR and SILAs W. GRAY, residingat Fort Dodge, in the county of Webster and State of Iowa, and citizensof the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement inStocking- Supporters, of which the following is a full description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 isaside elevation showing the supporter as a whole in position for use;Fig. 2, a side elevation of the clasp; Fig. 3, an edge View of the same;Figs. 4 and 5, side elevations showing a modification of the clasp; Fig.6, a vertical section on line 00 ref Fig. 5; Fig. 7, a side elevationshowing the disk entirely overlying the slot.

This invention relates to an improved clasp for a stocking or garmentsupport designed to be secured to the ends of the elastic webbing orother material forming a part of such supporter,and has for its objectto provide a cheap and effective clasp that can be quickly, easily, andfirmly attached to the article to be supported; and its nature consistsin providing a frame formed from a piece of thin metal and having acurved slot near its attaching end, in which a portion of the garmentintended to be supported is inserted, its retention being secured insuch slot by engagement with the periphery ofa disk pivotally secured tothe frame and partially overlying the slot, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

In the drawings, A represents the frame,consisting of the side pieces,a, an end piece, a, and an end piece, a, which end piece a is roundedoff on the outer edge, and is of a width to allow of the properattachment of the disk, and the formation of a curved slot, 0, therein.These parts a a a, which together form the frame A of the clasp, can bemade from sheetbrass or other thin or sheet metal or material.

B is a disk or wheel, also made from sheetbrass or other suitablematerial, and pivoted to the portion a of the frame by a pin or pivot,12, in such manner that its periphery will partly overlie the slot 0,such overlay gradually increasing from the mouth or opening of the slotto its inner end, at which point the slot is almost entirely covered bythe pro jecting edge of the disk B.

0 represents a portion of the article to be supported in position in theclasp.

D are straps of elastic webbing or other suitable material, provided atone end with a retaining-loop, cl, and at its other end with a buckle,d, as usual;

E is a strap, also made from elastic webbing or other material, which ispassed through a loop in the buckle d and crossed and sewed at itscenter, as shown, and adapted to have its ends on opposite sides of theleg of the wearer when used to support a stocking. The ends of thisstrap E are secured to the part a of the frame of the clasp by beingpassed around such part and stitched, as shown, or in any other suitablemanner.

In use as a stocking-supporter the strap D is fastened, as usual, to thewaist of the wearer by the loop d, and the clasps fastened on oppositesides of the stocking. A small portion of the material forming thestocking is placed in the mouth of the slot 0, and a slight pull .upwardon the clasp draws such material between the edge of the slot and theperiphery of the disk, and as the slot grows narrower toward its innerend, the farther in the mate rial goes the tighter it is held betweenthe disk and the edge of the slot, the turning of the disk on itsaxis 1) aiding the cloth in entering the slot.

I11 Figs. 4, 5, and 6 we have shown a modification in the form of theclasp, in which a solid frame, A, is used in place of the open frame Aof the other figures. In this construction a lip or tongue, a, is used,and the slot 0 is formed between this lip or tongue and the body of A,the slot having its mouth toward the side of the clasp instead of theend, as heretofore described. The clasps in both constructions can bemade in rights and lefts, for convenience in attaching.

If desired, the disk B may be so pivoted as to entirely overlie the slot0. This construction is shown in Fig. 7. I

What we claim as new, and desire to secure 5 by Letters Patent, is asfollows:

1. A clasp for a stocking or other supporter, consisting of a framehaving a curved slot, 0, in combination with a disk B, substantially asspecified.

2. The combination of the frame A, having [0 the slot 0, and the disk B,in combination with the straps DE, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

ALEX. J. ARTHUR. SILAS W. GRAY. Witnesses:

FRED. E. HUMPHREYs, ANSEL HUMPHREYS.

